I ran and I ran and I ran....

Now that my first half is done.  :)  You can read my recap here...  and here.  I can settle into a regular running schedule.  Although I had such fun I am looking at a 5k or a 10k in February.  But I will be closer to 30 weeks then and well...  my midwife might frown on that.  :-) 

I did take a couple of days off though and then ran on Friday and let me tell you... it felt great.  (other than the fact that my pants kept falling down...  could be the size of my belly increasing.  OH MY!  :-)  But, I did an easy 3 miles and it felt good.  Now, if I can just keep that u for the next couple of month's, I'll be proud of myself. 

Five days and a wake up call

til my first half.  And I am giddy and nervous and excited and worried.  

I did my last long run yesterday and made it 10 miles and I was working in my new running shoes and trying out the "hammer" gu in Apple Flavored booger er  I mean apple flavor.  I had never used GU before

but I really needed a boost around mile 8 so this was suggested.  :)  

I set out about 9:00 am, I love the weather this time of year and started my run.  I can't tell you how much my time has improved since I stopped worrying so much about my heart rate.  I monitor how I feel and just go.  I can just enjoy my run.  I had my ipod on...  my runkeeper tracking even with the nasty lady who tells me how far and how fast I've gone and just enjoyed. 

I did really well until about mile 6 when I got to a point where the wind hit me.  And WOW did it hit me.  Couple that with the fact that the loop I thought would be 10 miles wasn't...  can you hear the wah wah wah waaaaaaaaah sound?  I made it for one more loop but not the 11 I was hoping for.  

SOOOOo...  this week I will do 75% tomorrow, 50% on Wednesday, 25% on Thursday and then walk a wee bit on Saturday.  Which means about 3 miles tomorrow, 2 miles on Wed and 1 on Thursday.  NOOOOO problemo.  :)  

I got my hotel room changed to include Friday night and sharing with mom and dad and Danielle and Todd to join us on Thursday.  yaya!  I'm excited.  

I need to find the right outfit for varying weather now...  I love skirts but don't want my legs to get cold.  I would love to do a skirt with the capri's under but man oh man they are expensive.  

Soooo I shall look this week.  :)